Signaling device



PATENT OFFICE.

ANDERSON DILLY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SIGNALING DEVICE.

Application filed November 4, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANDnnsoN DILLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signaling Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has to do with improvements in signaling devices, intended primarily for use in instruction work though not in any Wise restricted to this field of utility.

The object in view is to provide a small portable kit that maybe carried in the pocket or attached to a belt embodying flash light means through the instrumentality of which intelligences may be transmitted more particularly in the dark. The device includes amanipulatable key for interm1ttently closing an electric circuit to produce flashes of light at will, but my invention resides more particularly in the arrangementwhereby this signaling operation may be accomplished while the operator is distant from the signal imparting element. In other words, it is designed that the kit, so called for purposes of convenience, may be disposed at an elevation while the key is made removable to permit it to be operated from below. I

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and claimed. Reference will now be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a device constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan with cover in open position, and

Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the device in condition for operation of the signaling means from a distance.

Referring to the drawing and specifically describing my invention, 1 designates a container or hollow body within which is disposed the usual battery or source of electric current 2, the lower end of the container 1 having an openable closure 3 permitting the introduction of said battery thereinto. A small light bulb 4 is designed to be introduced into an opening in the face of the container 1 so as to contact with the battery Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented Sept. 28, 1920. Serial No. 335,716.

terminal 5. Just above the battery is arranged a removable support 6 of insulatlng material and upon this support is arranged a conventional Morse telegraph key 7. Access to this key is obtained by opening the cover 8, and manipulation of the key in the conventional manner is designed to produce flashes of light for use in signaling in the usual manner. The circuit for the key is closed when said key is depressed into contact with the removable pin 9 which is supported and guided from the support 6 above referred to in position to rest upon the other battery terminal 10.

The main feature of this invention lies in the provision of a spool 11 removably carried by clips 12 attached to the cover 8. Upon this spool. is wound the circuit wires 18 which extend from the light bulb 4c to the key 7 and to the battery 2 so that when it is desired to operate the device from a distance the key and its support 6 may be removed while the circuit connection remains in position to enable the signaling flashes to be produced. Not only may the my be utilized for producing the intermittent flashes of code signaling when the key is removed from the container, but such signaling may be carried on with the key in the position shown in Fig. 1 within the container. Further than this, the flash light may be used in the usual manner of pocket flash lights, in which case the spring actuated button 14 is pressed into contact with the terminal 10.

Referring now to the operation of the device, as above indicated when the apparatus is to be used for signaling purposes the cover is opened to permit of access to the manipulating key 7. Pressure of this key into con tact with the pin 9 closes the circuit and produces a flash in the usual manner. In the event the signaling from the ground was insuflicient or was interfered with by intervening objects, the operator may place the container upon a pole and raise it to an elevation so that it may be seen at a greater distance or over the intervening obstacles. Before raising it in this manner the key 7 and its support 6 are removed from the container 1, the circuit wires 13 being unwound from the spool 11 after the manner shown in Fig. 8. The manipulation of the key under these conditions will produce the signaling flashes just the same as it did when arranged within the container as shown in Fig. 1, owing to V the fact that one circuit wire 18 is connected to the key pivot at 15 at one end and to the light bulb at 16 at the other end while the return circuit wire 13 is connected to the battery terminal as at 17 and to the contact onthe'support 6 as'at 18. It should be ob I served further that when the apparatus is used as an ordinary pocket flash light or search light the circuit is closed by the button 14 owing to the fact that the light bulb 4 is screwed into the opening of the container 1 and thereby grounded on said container.

Such a signal device is especially useful in instruction work in the art of signaling, as when instructing army recruits, or in Boy Scout work, because of the facility with V which the article may be handled. It is preferable that a belt holding strap 19 be attached to the container so that the device when not in use may be suspended from the belt of the operator, and always in a convenient place of access. I Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A portable signal device comprising a container, a light bulb mounted thereupon,

a key member for producing the flashes of li ht in code si nalin a source of electric container, an electric battery therein, a light bulb mounted upon said container in position to contact with a terminal of the battery, a key member in circuit with the light bulb for producing flashes thereof for code signaling, a removable support for said key member whereby the key may be operated from the container or at a distance therefrom, means carried by said support with which the key member is adapted to coact for closing the circuit when the key member is operated from the container, and a bobbin mounted in the container upon which the circuit wires for the key member and light are woundf 3. A portable signal device comprising a container, an electric battery mounted therein, a light bulb mounted upon said container in position to contact with a terminal of the battery, a key member in circuit with the light bulb for producing flashes thereof for code signaling, a removable support for said key member whereby the key may be oper- V ated from the container or at a distance therefrom, meanscarried by said support with which the key member is adapted to coact for closing the'circuit when the key member is operated from the container, a bobbin mounted in the container upon which the circuit wires for the key member and lights are wound, and means on the container for closing the circuit to the light bulb when it is desired to use the latter as an ordinary flash light. p

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ANDERSON DILLY. 

